Hoekstra trial finally starts

ONE of four people accused of the brutal murder of Walmer Country Club manager Gerrie Hoekstra in a bungled hijacking three years ago intends to plead guilty, while another wants the Port Elizabeth High Court to exclude her from prosecution.

Hoekstra, a former EP rugby coach who for many years owned the Maverick Spur at the Kine Park Centre in Rink Street, was en route to a bank in Main Road to deposit the week’s takings of about R33000 when he was shot at the 9th Avenue and Heugh Road intersection on November 22 2010.